{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/30",
  "legislation_title": "Human Tissue Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-tissue-act-2004",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Surplus tissue",
  "text": "(1) It shall be lawful for material to which subsection (2) or (3) applies to be dealt with as waste.\n(2) This subsection applies to any material which consists of or includes human cells and which has come from a person’s body in the course of his—\n(a) receiving medical treatment,\n(b) undergoing diagnostic testing, or\n(c) participating in research.\n(3) This subsection applies to any relevant material which—\n(a) has come from a human body, and\n(b) ceases to be used, or stored for use, for a purpose specified in Schedule 1.\n(4) This section shall not be read as making unlawful anything which is lawful apart from this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 1.3.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 2(3)(4), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 7.4.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 3(3), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 31.7.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/30/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:57.129059+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}